Hi, Carolyn: I’d like your perspective on a certain behavior my new boyfriend is exhibiting that I find very irritating. I’m not even sure how to describe it, and I would like to have an…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave an optimistic assessment of the prospects for a mid-sized COVID-19 relief bill and a separate $1.4 trillion governmentwide spending bill on Friday, teeing up expectations for a…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — In February, Carol Benge of Chiefland, Florida, purchased a seahorse for her home aquarium as a reward for marking five years cancer-free. She named the little black-and-silver fish Louie. As…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters called a failed policy of criminalization of pot use and taking steps…

LAHARPE — A pair of safe, socially distant Christmas-themed activities are in the works. The LaHarpe PRIDE Committee will once again host a Christmas light contest. Anyone living in LaHarpe is eligible. They just need…

Kansas hospitals are turning away more than 100 transfer patients a month as smaller, local hospitals continue filling up at an alarming rate. In May, at the beginning of the pandemic, the University of Kansas…

BATON ROUGE, LA — Clara Boyd of Moran, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Boyd was initiated at The University…

Area graduates for the fall 2020 semester from Pittsburg State University are, from Humboldt: Briana Ames, a bachelor of science; Jacob Haviland, a bachelor of science in technology; Zachary Sigler, an associate of applied science,…

Robert (Bob) Wayne died Dec. 1, 2020, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Bob was born in Los Angeles, Calif., on Sept. 23, 1940, to Ross and Alice Wayne. They later moved back to Kansas, where…

Henrietta Lucille “Birdie” Bird, 84, of Lee’s Summit, Mo.., was born April 16, 1936, in Iola. She entered into eternal rest on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, at home surrounded by her loving family.    Birdie…